2025-08-22
- Over 240 scholars from across the School of Molecular & Cellular Biology and related units gathered at the I Hotel and Conference Center on Aug. 19, 2025, for the school's annual Graduate Research Retreat. Seventy-two graduate students presented their research as oral or poster presentations. Winners are listed below.Keynote speaker was Dr. Michael Recny (PhD, '83, biochemistry). Dr. Recny is...
2025-07-23 - Neurobiologists at Northwestern University and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, including Jason Climer in the School of Molecular & Cellular Biology, found the brain’s internal GPS changes each time mice navigate a familiar, static environment.Even when a mouse walks the same path every day — and the path and...
2025-07-21 - The School of Molecular & Cellular Biology is pleased to announce that several students won awards at the 2025 University of Illinois Undergraduate Research Symposium earlier this year. Congratulations to Arnab Roy and Anuprova Bhowmik from Auinash Kalsotra’s lab,...
2025-07-08 - The School of Molecular & Cellular Biology is pleased to announce that several of its faculty members have been recognized by the University of Illinois and College of Liberal Arts & Sciences for their contributions to research and education.Erik Nelson: College of LAS Dean’s Distinguished Professorial...
2025-06-30 - Congratulations to recent MCB graduate Mia Rode on being awarded a Fulbright grant!Five University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students and recent graduates were offered Fulbright grants to pursue international education, research and teaching experiences around the globe this coming year. Four of the students have accepted grants. The ...
2025-06-26 - Regeneration, the ability to heal damaged or lost tissues, is both everyday and a real life superpower. Health research inspired by the remarkable regeneration of animals like starfish or the salamanders axolotls asks how future therapeutics could promote the regrowth of hard-to-heal tissues, limbs, or even entire organs. A new study in Science Advances is a step toward clarifying a less...
2025-06-23 - University of Illinois researchers have successfully treated a common type of colorectal cancer tumor with a cholesterol inhibitor drug, demonstrating a promising treatment for the disease in animal experiments.The study, published in Nature Chemical Biology, found that cells that have a mutation in the APCgene, which...
2025-06-18 - School of Molecular & Cellular Biology professor Lin-Feng Chen has published new research reporting an important factor driving chemoresistance for patients with colorectal cancer. The research was published in the journal Oncogene.Chen’s study found that...
2025-05-12 - Since his time as a graduate student at Illinois, Dr. Alexander “Craig” Mackinnon (PhD, ‘04, Cell and Structural Biology; MD, ’04) has built a career in anatomical pathology and molecular genetic pathology. Currently serving as the inaugural director of the Division of Genomic Diagnostics and Bioinformatics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the physician-scientist works to advance...
2025-05-06 - Anirudh Acharya, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, has been awarded a two-year postdoctoral fellowship from the FRAXA Research Foundation to support his research into mitochondrial dysfunction in Fragile X syndrome.Dr. Acharya’s project focuses on how a...
2025-04-24 - As a graduate student in the Erik Nelson Lab, Dhanya Pradeep investigates how metabolic signaling pathways regulate immune responses in breast cancer. Her research is centered on the farnesoid X receptor (FXR), a metabolic receptor traditionally associated with bile acid metabolism, and its role in immunosuppression in the tumor...
2025-04-14 - The School of Molecular & Cellular Biology is honored to announce that Dr. Susan Martinis will deliver the convocation address at its 2025 ceremony.The School of MCB convocation will take place at 9 a.m. on Sunday, May 18, 2025, at the Krannert Center for...
2025-04-09 - Professor Benita Katzenellenbogen has taught and mentored students, and researched women’s health throughout her career at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, focusing on issues such as breast cancer and endometriosis. While much of her work is done in the lab and through research, she realizes how important it is to...
2025-04-03 - Dr. Michelle (Shelley) Barton’s remarkable career in cancer research, leadership, and graduate education is a testament to resilience, innovation, and an unwavering commitment to scientific advancement. As a researcher, she played a pivotal role in the discovery of TRIM24, a protein found in abnormally high levels in breast cancer and other cancers, which has profoundly shaped cancer research....
2025-04-02 - The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign each year presents Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction to exceptional faculty and staff members, graduate teaching assistants and advisors campuswide.We are pleased to announce that Cell and Developmental Biology professor...